Yesterday, the Star Observer ran a poll which found that 53.21 per cent of readers will never again use Firefox as an internet browser on their computer, while 22.02 per cent said they never used it anyway.

Earlier this week, Eich — one of Mozilla’s co-founders in 1998 — declared he would not resign, telling The Guardian that his donation was personal.

At the time of writing, Eich had not yet made a public statement about his resignation.